Comment on Synology restricts choice of hard disks for new Plus NAS

whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• RiQuY@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I chose QNAP and the biggest reason was that I can open that bad boy to add RAM and a NVME to install whatever OS I want. i’m currently running openmediavault with no QNAP software. It feels nice imo.

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  • Zanathos@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve had two QNAP NAS fail on me, never again. The first failed shortly after the 3-year warranty expired. The second failed right before warranty expiration.

    Thankfully I was able to RMA to get my data back (proprietary RAID), and while waiting on RMA to return, built a custom TrueNAS server I can service all parts on myself for around the same cost of a new NAS. Sold the RMA unit on eBay to recoup some cost as well. All I ever ran on those units was Plex and Samba\NFS file shares. Never again.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do you have external access to the drives with the TrueNAE or are they internal?

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• Trihilis@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is that really an alternative though? I bought a synology because I don’t want to spend hours and hours configuring shit, only for it to break after an update. I fiddled around with proxmox, truenas etc. But it’s a hassle. I absolutely believe that DIY is the way to go if you have the time for it though.

  I hate what synology is doing and seeing where most companies are heading I’m pretty sure the enshittification won’t stop at using their own branded HDDs. But I just want a solution that works. As shitty as this move by synology is for me its still cheaper to spend 30 euros more on a drive and have a hassle free solution then screwing around with DIY solutions.

  Please prove me wrong though… I’m trying to rid myself of big tech and have been pretty successful so far (linux, self hosting, no more streaming subscriptions etc.). If anyone knows of a better solutions that had synology drive like function and hyper backup like function with a minimal maintenance OS I’m all for it.

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  • dmention7@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just speaking for myself here, but as someone with only basic literacy in networking and almost zero prior experience with Linux or Docker, I found Unraid extremely straightforward to spin up–especially with the numerous guides floating around on Youtube. I started out with a used SFF PC that cost about $120 and a few drives I had lying around, and was up and running with basic NAS functionality in an afternoon.

    I’ve mucked up a few things trying to do something more advanced without fully reading up, but I haven’t had a single hiccup with Unraid itself.

    1.5 years later, and I’ve got ~80TB worth of refurb enterprise drives and hosting several media and other storage services, and I don’t see myself outgrowing it anytime soon.

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hoping better options emerge out there

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